MIDDLE EAST: Geneva: the Palestinian Problem

"It is obvious to me that there can be no Middle Eastern peace
settlement without adequate Palestinian representation." So said
President Carter at his Washington press conference, echoing a theme he
had stated many times before.

But then Carter went a significant step further. If the Palestine
Liberation Organization endorsed United Nations resolutions that
implicitly accept Israel's right to exist, he promised, "then we
will begin to meet with them and to search for some accommodation and
some reasonable approach to...